Do you like thinking outside the box? Do you have an inquisitive mind? Do you like challenging conventional wisdom? Join Yara’s Open Innovation Challenge! We’re awarding NOK 100.000 in prize money to the student who comes up with the best idea for solving some of the world’s major challenges.
We are looking for your ground-breaking idea! Yara believes in the power of young innovators. Just like Yara’s founding father Kristian Birkeland invented fertilizer production more than 100 years ago,...
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Meetings
MedTech Conference is being held on September 25 – 27, 2017 at San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA
MedTech Conference is being held on September 25 - 27, 2017 at San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA
The MedTech Conference is a great opportunity to connect with thousands of medical technology professionals for business development, innovative technology, and networking with policymakers, business executives and industry leaders.
Medical technology industry leaders and the largest annual gathering of medical technology professionals in North America. The MedTech Conferen...
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China will host the World Economic Forum’s annual June meeting, often called Summer Davos on June 27 – 29 2017
China will host the World Economic Forum's annual June meeting, often called Summer Davos on June 27 - 29 2017. The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the international organization for public-private cooperation.
Hundreds of business and research leaders are gathering in the Chinese city of Tianjin for the annual World Economic Forum. Innovation is in the spotlight for the current 'Summer Davos'.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss nonprofit foun...
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‘SpaceX’ – ‘Hyperloop Pod Competition II’ August 25-27, 2017
Hyperloop is a proposed mode of passenger and freight transportation that would propel a pod-like vehicle through a reduced-pressure tube that could potentially exceed airliner speeds.
SpaceX is revolutionizing terrestrial transportation through its Hyperloop transportation services. The company currently provides these services to innovators and universities interested in high-speed transportation technology and solutions. The Hyperloop system built by SpaceX at its headquarters in Hawthorne...
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MEDEXPO TANZANIA 2017 – Aug 22-24, 2017
MEDEXPO TANZANIA 2017
The 20th MEDEXPO 2017 - International Trade Exhibition is the largest trade event held annually in Tanzania, concurrently held with East Africa Trade Exhibition (EAITE).The exhibition attracts exhibitors from more than 20 countries and visitors from all over East & Central Africa, thus giving exhibitors an excellent opportunity to explore several countries at one time. Over the past few years, Tanzania has emerged as a major regional trade centre.
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Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) is having its annual meeting on June 25 – 29 2017
The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) is the primary international organization dedicated to using neuroimaging to discover the organization of the human brain.
OHBM is having its annual meeting on June 25 - 29 2017
Key few topic that will be covered include :
Network effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on the prefrontal cortex
Structural Imaging Evaluation of Subcallosal Cingulate DBS for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Structural network architecture predi...
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DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) is looking for concepts for designing, developing, and testing advanced technology platforms that provide U.S. forces with overwhelming tactical and strategic advantage on – Virtual Proposers Day on Wednesday and Thursday, May 3-4, 2017
DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) focuses on conceiving, designing, developing, and testing advanced technology platforms that provide U.S. forces with overwhelming tactical and strategic advantage, including vehicles, weapons, and other full-scale, potentially field-deployable systems. Whether designed to operate on the ground, at sea, in the air, in space or across domains, TTO platforms and supporting technologies have a common origin: as innovative ideas generated by program managers ...
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German Center for Research and Innovation event on ‘Smart Cities & Urban Development ‘ in New York on May 2, 2017
German Center for Research and Innovation event on 'Smart Cities & Urban Development ' in New York on May 2, 2017
In order to achieve the goal of sustainable smart cities, strong collaborations in research and technology are critical. For this reason, six German urban research networks are building partnerships in the US to develop innovative solutions and joint projects for resource-efficient and climate-adapted cities of the future. The GCRI is inviting American researchers, urban plann...
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German Center for Research and Innovation will be hosting Innovators networking and Funding event in New York on September 14, 2017
The German Center for Research and Innovation will be hosting the Falling Walls Lab New York on September 14, 2017.
Falling Walls Lab New York is an exciting forum for scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs to present their ideas in 3 minutes with the chance to win a travel grant to participate in the Falling Walls Finale in Berlin on November 8, 2017.
Participation is open to bachelor’s and master’s students, PhD candidates, as well as postdocs, junior researchers ...
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LIFE SCIENCE INNOVATION WITH NEW BUSINESS AND R&D MODELS CONFERENCE- 20th – 21st April, London
Changing the World through Medical Technology and Collaborative Strategies
20th - 21st April, London
Conference overview
Nowadays life science innovation is the top priority for researchers and bioengineers as digital technology, big data and Internet are constantly evolving each day. Digital Technology is changing medics’ and patients’ experience of healthcare on a daily basis as well.
Global Forum on Life Science Innovation with New Business and R&D Models will serve as a business-...
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Starmus Festival Of Science And Arts in Trondheim, Norway between 18 – 23 June.
Starmus Festival Of Science And Arts in Trondheim, Norway between 18 – 23 June.
The world’s most ambitious science and music festival is moving to Norway with an impressive lineup including Stephen Hawking, Nobel Prize-winning scientists and legendary musicians.
Trondheim, the technological capital of Norway, will be hosting the fourth Starmus festival on 18–23 June 2017.
Under the title “Life and the Universe”, the festival will showcase the best from both the academic and cultural wor...
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Biomedia Life Sciences Summit 2017 at the TU Eindhoven, Netherlands on May 9th and 10th
BIOMEDICA 2017 – Health care for the future
Biomedica Life Sciences Summit 2017 planning is underway. The rotating, euregional conference will be hosted on May 9th and 10th, 2017 by the TU Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
In the spirit of euregional and international cooperation, the 2017 Biomedica Life Sciences Summit will bring together top researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, and also from all over the globe. We are certain that our next ...
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Cisco Innovation Grand Challenge
Cisco is seeking innovators, entrepreneurs, developers and researchers to submit disruptive ideas that transform industries and governments, and change the world.
Digital transformation is more than simple connectivity; it is how we enable continuous and disruptive change in businesses, industries, and countries, enabled by the Internet of Things (IoT). For governments, it means improved services and better quality of life for citizens. For industries, it means a more efficient approach and m...
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston is on 2/16/2017 – 2/20/2017
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing
science for the benefit of all people.
The 2017 theme is "Serving Society through Science Policy" and focuses on how to inform policies with the best scientific evidence.
The AAAS seeks to "advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people." To fulfill this mission, the AAAS Board has set the following broad goals.
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British Library’s Business & IP Centre at St Pancras, London, can help you start, run and grow your business.
BIP supports small business owners, entrepreneurs and inventors by providing on hand support to help you take the right steps to start up, protect and grow your business.
BIP helps develop your ideas with indepth market research and company databases search for market landscape, It also provides new skills at aworkshop or mini-masterclass, have a confidential one-to-one and put your questions to some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs at their inspiring talks.
If you’re an ambitio...
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2015 Global Innovation Summit To Look Out For
How do we build startup communities? How do we catalyze systemic, sustainable innovation across companies, cities, and countries?
How do we design entire ecosystems to drive entrepreneurship, technology, and economic impact?
Attend the Global Innovation Summit along with over 1,000 of your fellow ecosystem builders from over 50 countries at over 20 events and perhaps you will find out. It all happens on February 16-20, 2015 in Silicon Valley. The Global Innovation Summit is the centerpiec...
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Global Innovation Forum will be Held in London
The 4th Global innovation Forum, a conference that will be held from November 19-20 in London will discuss the latest trends in the field of innovation, creativity, design, R&D and new product development, as well as the major challenges for the future. The Forum relies on a tremendous agenda, experienced speakers, key messages, global players and intense networking.
Presentations, panel debates, and workshops will be part of the Forum.
Speakers
Confirmed speakers include:
Antho...
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The Back End of Innovation: A Business Conference to Attend
The Back End of Innovation is responsible for taking an idea and transforming it into an ultimate product success. Generating the idea is only half the battle. The real challenge lies in taking that innovation, executing it effectively and commercializing it, resulting in driving the bottom line profitability. BEI is an event for those in charge of bringing innovations to life, from using metrics to identify the highest yielding ideas, to creating cultures that drive innovation, to carrying it t...
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Health Innovation Summit to Be Held this August in San Francisco
This August marks Rock Health's fourth annual Health Innovation Summit.
This conference, held from the 21st to the 22nd of August in sunny San Francisco, will provide attendees with opportunities to:
Connect with new strategic partners, investors, potential new hires, and up-and-coming entrepreneurs through interactive industry discussion and care provider feedback.
Launch your startup, or watch others as they demo new products and services that will change health as we know it today.
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International Development Design Summit – 7 July – 9 Aug
The International Development Design Summit is an intense, hands-on design experience that brings together people from all over the world and all walks of life to create technologies and enterprises that improve the lives of people living in poverty. Unlike most academic conferences, this particular summit emphasizes the development of prototypes, not papers and proceedings.In moving the technologies on the path from idea to implementation to impact the summit aims to create real ventures, not j...
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